That night, Li Jing had dinner with the heads of the shipyard, steelworks, paint factories, canvas factories and carpentry workshops on Nanao Island, and then boarded the boat and left the Houjiangwan Wharf on Nanao Island.

The Chai Mountain behind the Li Mansion is nearly 100 miles in circumference, the east and west and the north and south are more than ten miles long, a total of nine peaks, showing the form of encirclement, it is said to be the lotus treasure land, the people here are very confident in feng shui, the main peak is the one behind the back garden of the Li Mansion.

Li Jing donated 100,000 taels of silver to the master, and at present, the nine peaks are building a large construction plan to build nine Taoist temples, and in the future, this southern Wudang disciple will take root in this place, open the Wudang Southern Sect, and the nine brothers will each inherit a peak. The main peak was renamed Lingyun Peak by the group, and a Lingyun Treasure Hall will be built on the top of the highest mountain giant stone body, with a four-story square heavy eaves wooden building below, and a three-story circular heavy eaves building similar to the Temple of Heaven on the top, and a treasure top on the top.

Li Jing had seen the design drawings sent by the senior brother. The three-story white marble pill platform, on the platform is the Lingyun Treasure Palace, the senior brother plans to build it with golden silk nanmu, and this golden silk nanmu will inevitably trouble Li Jing to transport it from Shuzhong. The gold leaf is pasted on the outside, and the gold roof of the main sect must be compared.

Li Jing didn't say a word, he directly took out a stack of silver tickets, counted out 100,000 taels and handed them to the eighth senior sister Ruxin who sent the drawings over.

The eighth senior sister is about twenty-one or twelve years old, and her origin is unknown, although she is very familiar with Li Jing, Li Jing is not clear. When Li Jing was a child and practiced with his master in Taoism, he often took Li Jing with him, when Li Jing was only four or five years old, in addition to messing around with his two sisters at home, climbing trees and digging birds, and pedaling tiles in the house. It is on the mountain with Sister Ruxin, who is about eleven or twelve years old, and has the most familiar relationship with Li Jing, she is Kun Dao (a female Taoist monk), in fact, except for Li Jing herself, the other eight are monks. Li Jing is in a special situation. Senior brother sent her, it was impossible for Li Jing not to give face.

According to the design diagram that Li Jing saw, the bluestone slab road and the stone arch bridge were built in the middle of the nine peaks on the top of the mountain, although the Chai Mountain of the Li family was not high, but it was relatively steep, the scenery was beautiful, the top of the mountain was donated by Li Jing's grandfather to Master Li Jing that year, and a small Taoist temple with three entrances was also built. Cliffs, stone plank paths, and many caves for cultivation have been opened.

Halfway up the mountain is mainly a tea plantation developed by the sect. It is the main income of the sect. Some small Taoist priests and hired workers are responsible for growing and making tea. The Li family will buy a part, and the sect will sell a part by itself. The clouds in the south are low, the nine main peaks are above the sea of clouds, and the tea plantation is just in and below the sea of clouds, which is a good place to grow tea. In the lower part of the mountain, there are many forests and bamboo forests.

Now the sect is in charge of the senior brother Chen Zhen, the Taoist name Ling Xiaozi, about forty years old, the senior brother is always smiling, looking like a fairy wind and bones. The senior brother is relatively sleek and not old-fashioned, can do things, and is suitable for being the sect master. There are a total of nine brothers and sisters of the same generation plus the youngest Li Jing, and it is said that the master said that the number of apprentices is in line with the meaning of the nine peaks.

The height of the main peak is about 400 meters, and the height of the top of the Cuiwei in the park of the later imperial capital is about the same, and it is all a repaired bluestone slab road. In the early hours of the morning, Li Jing had already walked to the door of the Sanjin Small Taoist Temple. Li Jing looked left and right, there were many temporary bamboo houses and shacks on the top of the mountain, and the wives and daughters of migrant workers had come out to wash rice, cook, fetch water and laundry. It seems that the works have already begun.

The two Xiaodao boys guarding the door, about eleven or twelve years old Qingfeng and Mingyue, are the apprentices and grandsons of the senior brother. The two of them had just gotten up, and were sweeping the small stone platform in front of the door. Suddenly, he saw Li Jing walking up the mountain from the clouds, and hurriedly ran over and said, "Qingfeng (Mingyue) has seen the little uncle and ancestor. Li Jing happily touched their heads and took out a packet of maltose from his arms for them. The two little Taoist children smiled and went to inform the senior brother.

A big fluffy dog behind Li Jing ran up, it was Li Jing's Chow Chow Dog Cabbage, yesterday Li Jing came back and woke up the cabbage, so he surrounded Li Jing and refused to go back to sleep, Li Jing had to feed some beef jerky and take it up the mountain.

The senior brother was getting up early to box, and when he saw Li Jing coming, he quickly led the little brother into the house affectionately, and the breeze and bright moon served fragrant tea.

"Senior brother, thanks to the silver you entrusted to your eighth senior sister to bring back, otherwise it would not be easy for senior brother to renovate the sect this time if he wanted to renovate the lintel. I'm afraid that so much silver will have to go down the mountain to turn into a fate, and your second senior brother and third senior brother are ready to pick up a few bodyguards with valuable items. “

"The revitalization of the master, the disciples are all responsible, they should have the strength to contribute, and the money is their own business, and the senior brother does not have to be overpraised."

"Hahaha, the little junior brother is the most sensible, and it is not in vain that the master loved you when he was alive." Ling Xiaozi was very happy.

"I see that Senior Brother Guangda My Southern Sect's heart is very strong, this Nine Peaks Lianzhu Taoist Temple has been completed, I'm afraid it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, I don't know how much Senior Brother has raised now"

"I'm ashamed to say that, in addition to the more than 10,000 taels of silver left by the master, in the past few years, I and your brothers and sisters have only raised a total of less than 30,000 taels. The income of Taoist temples is limited, most of them are tea garden income, and everyone has to save coarse tea and light rice. ”

"I have an idea, I don't know if the senior brother is interested, if it can be carried out, it will not only magnify the lintel of my Southern Sect, develop a large number of disciples, but also raise a huge amount of silver, and also have the merit of saving people's lives. It's a triple win. ”

"There is such a good thing, junior brother might as well talk about it," senior brother was really interested and said excitedly.

"All the brothers and sisters are cultivating on the mountain, and I don't know what is going on under the mountain, and the climate has been getting colder and colder year by year since the forty years of Wanli. Grain production in the north has plummeted, and I estimate that the situation will be even more severe in the next 20 years, and there may be a large-scale extinction. There are ice floes in the mouth of the Yangtze River. ”

"What, is it already cold to such an extent" The senior brother was very surprised, "Generally, when the weather is cold, there will be drought, which has always been the case, if the climate does not reverse and the drought continues, something must happen."

"Senior brother, this point is irreversible, the chaos in the Central Plains has already appeared, and the nine sides have begun to be unstable."

"I don't know if the junior brother's method has something to do with the climate." The senior brother is really a smart person, and he directly guessed Li Jing's purpose.

"Yes, at present, my Li family is preparing to develop Dayuan Island on a large scale, and is also preparing to colonize the Mekong River Basin and Luzon, which are both three-crop rice producing areas and can provide a large amount of cheap rice. In addition, I am also planning to develop a salt drying method on Dayuan Island, and use salt pans to dry salt. Low cost and large output. ”

According to historical records, from the second year of Yuan Taizong to the twenty-third year of Yuan Shizu (1320-1378), there were three salt farms along the north of Jieshi Mountain, Haifeng, Hairun, and Haiying. The salt drying method, which appeared in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, was fried first and then dried in the early Ming Dynasty, Hairun and Haiying were fried and sunned in the early Ming Dynasty, and Haifeng Field was the first to be fried in the first year of Jiajing of Ming Shizong (1522), but the salt drying method was still not spread out in a large area at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The salt drying method requires the selection of large flat seaside tidal flats in areas with mild climate and abundant sunlight to build salt pans. The salt pan is generally divided into two parts: the evaporation pond and the crystallization pond. First, the seawater is introduced into the evaporation pool, and when the water is evaporated to a certain extent by the sun, it is poured into the crystallization pool and continued to be exposed to the sun, and the seawater will become a saturated solution of salt, and the salt will gradually precipitate out after drying. The crystals obtained at this point are our common coarse salts. The remaining liquid is called the mother liquor, from which table salt can be extracted. Li Jing is making refined salt through filtration and purification.

"Senior brother means to use low-cost rice and salt to attract believers" Senior brother is really a talent, and directly pointed out the key, the world will be chaotic, it is the time when religion can take the opportunity to develop greatly, at this time it depends on what Ling Xiaozi wants to do.

"Senior brother, this trafficking in illicit salt is a big crime to kill your head"

"I'll get you some salt for this, it's not all private salt, you can fool the past. This is not to directly sell illicit salt, but to set up a new sect, and the believers who join this sect can buy salt and rice at a low price. Senior Brother can look for young talents in this outer Dao Sect to join our Southern Sect, instead of going down to the mud and sand and accepting everything. “

"Senior brother, you are Lao Cheng Mouguo, it is true that we Nanzong can't do these things directly, we can control it behind the scenes."

"It is precisely this intention, I plan to sell the rice to my senior brother for two dollars and five cents of silver, and the senior brother can double it, and the five dollars of silver will be shipped, and the north will ask for at least one or two silver and a load of rice. In the middle, it can also be doubled, the senior brother can divide the believers into levels, the first level directly and my Nanzong secret contact, five coins of silver and a load of rice to them, and even sell on credit, they are free to develop lower-level believers, you can increase the price by one percent, so that the lower level will develop the lower level, everyone and the upper and lower levels are one-line contact, a dan is caught by the government, you can quickly cut off the contact, prevent implication of my Nanzong, and at the same time report the situation urgently, send other personnel to organize rescue. “

"This method is good, as long as there are benefits, then everyone will do their best, but the junior brother called such a big discount to our sect, what is the benefit to the junior brother, after all, the master is not good to benefit in vain" The senior brother is on the road, and he didn't wait for Li Jing to say it, so he proposed it himself, because Li Jing can do it himself, there is no need to take him to play.